Watch out! There is a line lifter lurking in the cybersphere. He goes by the odd name of Dogtrax. He’s been reading poems and stealing lines and writing poems of his own. He also went so far as to make a Prezi for his class, as if this is a practice they may want to emulate.
I have to say, in all honesty, that this practice is the highest form of praise for a beginning student writer. My student, Vannesa wrote a poem posted on my blog here. Kevin, aka Dogtrax, wrote this poem in response.
Who comes from words
I come from words
and you come from the punctuation
at the end of my words
where we can both pause for a second
to think about what I meant to say
when I was writing words
and you were reading them.-Kevin
Just a few days ago, my former student, Kaylie, joined our class Slice Of Life Challenge blog and posted this fabulous poem inspired by my mother-in-law’s visit last year. Kevin strikes again.
The sun climbs the earth again
feet dragging along the hillsides of my youth
and I wave farewell to the moon and the stars
and the constellations that were stories of my dreams
in order to embrace the warmth of the sun
and welcome the day.–Mr. Hodgson
Sixth Grade Teacher
Southampton, Massachusetts USA
I find Kevin’s practices on the Internet inspiring. He posted a Haiku Deck poem recently, so I tried my hand at it also. WordPress is not supporting the embed code, so I made the slides into images to post here. This is a haiku version of a poem I wrote for Laura Shovan’s Pantone Poetry Project on Author Amok. (Today is her last day, so sad. It’s been a fun month.)
Created with Haiku Deck, the free presentation app
Today is Poetry Friday and I am celebrating my 300th post! (Throws confetti!) The round-up will be gathered my Mr. Linky. Please come back often to read and comment. As one of my students said today, “Comments are fluffy!”
I love Kevin’s line lifters! I also tried the Haiku Deck thanks to Kevin’s blog. I am still playing and not ready for “publishing” yet. By the way, I am still waiting on those signals!
Margaret — Huge congrats on post 300! Thanks so much for writing color poems with me this month. We’ve build a nice community during this project. I’m sending you some Pantone postcards and other goodies to keep the inspiration going.
Today is the finale of our Pantone Poetry Project. We wrote poems in response to 55 different colors during the last five weeks. There were 115 poems by 14 poets. Wow! Here a link to today’s wrap-up post, which features the color “Tandori Spice.” http://tinyurl.com/mbobb49
Congrats on your 300th post. Cool haiku deck poem!
Today I have an interview with Barbara Etlin, who’s just published her first poetry book, Antique Piano & Other Sour Notes. She also shares her recipe for Chocolate Pots de Creme. 🙂 (My post goes live at 6 a.m EST)
Thanks for hosting!
Congratulations on your 300th post, Margaret! You always find and do such interesting things with poetry and poetry prompts. I’ve enjoyed all of your contributions to Laura’s Pantone Poetry month as well. On Today’s Little Ditty, I have an original poem in celebration of National Doodle Day. My finger slipped when I was entering my info into Mr. Linky the first time. I wonder if you can delete #5 for me? Number 6 is the link that’s correct. Thanks for hosting today!
Sorry, Michelle, I’m not sure how to delete your #5. I am new to Mr. Linky and haven’t quite figured that one out. Thanks for posting and for following and playing on Laura’s site. How fun was this month!
Happy 300, Margaret! Thanks for hosting Poetry Friday this week. I hadn’t heard of this “line lifter” – interesting indeed! The haiku deck poem is terrific.
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Congratulations on your 300th. I love your work.
Fascinating post! I find all this poetry cross-pollinating inspiring. Thanks for hosting Poetry Friday this week.
Congrats on your big milestone! Thank you for hosting. My link goes live around midnight (I hope!) I’m having fun with all of the Water Can Be posts I have planned for the month. This week I’ve got an interview with Laura!
I’ll be back with my link Margaret, but Kevin’s response to your students’ poems are so wonderful-they must be thrilled! And I love your Haiku Deck too. I’ve loved writing with you for Laura’s Pantone poetry. Your poem for this final (sniff, sniff) is beautiful. Congratulations on your 300th post-what a feat! Thanks for hosting.
I’m sorry to see it end, too. We must find ways to write together again. I was motivated and challenged.
Love the poems, Margaret – especially “Who Comes from Words.” Very striking. Thanks for hosting, by the way!
It’s been a pleasure playing poetry with you this past month! Congrats on 300 posts, too–keep it up!
Woo-hoo! Congrats on the milestone, Margaret, and thanks for hosting today! I’m in with a similar theme today, a poem made from the lines of other poets. It’s Robert Fitterman’s “National Laureate” (& I toss in a few thougths about my new hometown, too.)
http://www.robynhoodblack.com/blog.htm?post=949504
Thanks for sharing all the cross-communities poetic fun today, including the links to those two fabulous poems by Vanessa and Kaylie.
300 hundredth post. Woohoo! And I didn’t know that about Dogtrax.
Many happinesses to you on your 300th post! You are such a generous member of this community, and I look forward to wishing you happiness on your 600th post! 🙂 Your haiku deck poem is beautiful.
Today at The Poem Farm, I’m sharing a few different things Thank you for hosting! Best, a.
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300 posts is quite an accomplishment. Congratulations! There’s so much inspiration in this post, Margaret! I love Kevin’s poems, and your haiku is just beautiful.
Today I’m sharing an original poem that has many sources of inspiration. Thanks so much for hosting!
Bravo Margaret and your inspiration from that crazy tech guy!
I prescribe a banishment poem for your cold Margaret:
Leave
On the next sneeze
I especially appreciate the selection of a paired image with each word in the Haiku deck for Laura’s pantone at Author Amok.
And before that, the inventive line-borrower bulletin. Clever.
Although I don’t think I’m bold enough yet to riff on others’ lines, except from
published poets. I appreciate how you have got my neurons clicking.
Jan
Congratulations on your 300th and thank you for hosting!! I love “Who Comes From Words.”
300! How exciting! Congratulations. Loves these student poems, and the Haiku Deck is fabulous. Keep it coming, Margaret!! Thanks for hosting. xo
Happy 300th from me too–I just love reading about the work you do with your students and all the connections you make for them and all of us in your posts. Thanks for hosting, Margaret!
Hi Margaret,
Thank you for hosting Poetry Friday. Congrats on your 300th post today! I love today’s poems and Kevin’s methodology and poetry inspiring poetry. I have never seen a haiku deck before; yours is lovely.
This week I celebrated World Read Aloud Day and the one year anniversary of the release of GONE FISHING by reading the poem ALL ABOARD! from the book. (Oh, and it’s my first video…gulp.)
Best wishes, Tamera
Congratulations on all those blogs, and for engaging the students with line lifting and happy exchanges. And the lovely haiku deck! Much to celebrate!
Congrats on 300 posts, Margaret! That haiku deck is pretty neat, as is the mysterious line lifter. Fun!
Yes, I’ve had a line lifted from a blog post. It was so cool!
Thanks for hosting today!
Thanks for hosting! I posted an Emily Dickinson poem at my blog, Bildungsroman.
Wow–300 posts! Hooray for you! Thanks also for the Haiku Deck info. My post today includes haiku I’ve written about this winter’s noteworthy (!) weather. Enjoy!
I am inspired by you to do my first ever Poetry Round-Up!
Thanks for hosting– what a welcome! My post today is about my latest science poetry project.
Kevin is amazing – he can do so many things, and does them all so well. The line lifted poems were special!
Happy 300th post!!!!! And thanks so much for hosting Poetry Friday today!
Thank you for hosting! Kevin is inspiring and congrats on your 300th post!
Thank you for hosting! Happy 300th!
So glad to see the poetry is here! Thanks, Margaret. Slicing a little poetry today.
Night Gift
http://merelydaybyday.blogspot.com/2014/03/slice-of-poetry-night-gift-7-of-31.html
Hi Margaret, thank you for being a fabulous host. I love the images here and the lovely haiku! Your students’ works are indeed very inspiring. 🙂
Here’s to 300 posts (!) and thanks for sharing your students’ work, Margaret. I’ve left my link in Mr. Linky.
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Margaret,
I have only one word, no make it three.
Wow! Inspirational 🙂 Thanks.
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